Don't do me any favors

It is distressing when audio related threads get deleted, but then its generally because they morph into political fighting and personal insults. Mention anything about Chinese equipment, inevitably will go down this path. Too bad some good information lost in the whole thing, could be some have intention to insert the political to get thread erased.

Yeah, we seem to now fully embrace the idea that individuals are not responsible for their own actions.  
“I don’t have any agency or choices.  Some external stimuli ‘made’ me feel and behave this way, so instead of taking responsibility for myself, I’m just going to demand said external stimuli be terminated.”

Hopefully you have all seen by now that the thread was reopened by the moderators, albeit with most all of the original responses deleted. I appreciate that.

That is one sanitized thread. 

Principle of simplicity - remove the whole thing and think nothing more of it.

Respect and consideration ? Rarely a priority. Still exists somewhere.